Weights
Stone
a unit of measurement equal to 4 Earth pounds
Talu
>a unit a measure equaling 2 gallons
Weight
a unit of measurement equal to 10 Stone, or 40 Earth pounds
Distance
Ah-il
a unit of measure, the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, c. 18 inches; analogous to the Earth cubit; 10 ah-il equal one ah-ral.
Ah-ral
a unit of measure equalling 10 ah-il, or approx. 180 inches
Foot, Gorean
slightly longer than the Earth foot based on supposition that each of its 10 horts is roughly 1 ¼ inches long (12 ½ inches Earth measure); it's standard is a metal rod kept at the Sardar.
Hort
measure of one and one-quarter inches long, ten of which make the Gorean foot.
Pasang
measure of distance equaling .7 miles
Measurements
Huda
a measurement equaling 5 tefa
Tef
a measurement of five handfuls with fingers closed, not open
Tefa
a measurement consisting of six tef which constitutes a tiny basket
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